For the corporate travel and meetings industry LATE BUT GREAT…..
THIS ISSUE of The Business Travel Magazine comes to you a little later than usual so we could pack in all the great debates from TBTC 2010, our fourth annual conference. Read about this hugely successful event on pages 14-18.
One of TBTC's sessions highlighted Green Travel, a theme that is covered
in our Knowledge corporate case study. It details how E.ON is finally getting somewhere with collecting carbon data from hotels. Read about their journey on page 6. Hotels are also the subject of another feature, on pages 28-33, debating whether HBAs are the best booking option, or not. Our Airports Update feature profiles the 25 busiest airports in the UK, including details on local accommodation, transport links, airline lounges, parking options and infrastructure developments. See pages 60-66. Taking the sting out of flying to inhospitable places is the nub of our feature on Traveller Tracking on page 24-25, while we examine why so few SMEs adopt corporate cards to control travel spend on pages 52-58. Will there be room at the inn come the summer of 2012 in London and its environs? Three experts have their say on page 20 in our Debate about how buyers should be planning for the Olympics. Andrew Waller, the big cheese at CWT UK, is the subject of our Conversation this issue (page 22). He is vocal on a range of issues, from why the size of a TMC counts to why SMEs are no different from anyone else.
Completing your essential reading matter this issue are guides to KL and Düsseldorf, the ideal meeting venues in Oxford, and how to fly to the powerhouses of China and Hong Kong (starting from page 68). Finally, we're pleased to announce that myself, publishing director Alan Orbell and deputy editor Andy Hoskins have all been shortlisted in the Travel Trade Journalist of the Year category at the forthcoming Travel Press Awards, while TBTM has made the shortlist in the Travel Publication of the Year category, a title it scooped last year. Fingers crossed...
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CONTRIBUTORS
Mike Swindell TECHNOLOGY EDITOR Mike is a veteran of the travel industry, specialising in business travel, trade technology and aviation. He has been features editor of Travel Trade Gazette and deputy editor of Airline World.
Tom Hall WRITER Tom writes and talks about travel for, among others, The Observer, BBC Breakfast and Lonely Planet. He specialises in current affairs, consumer advice and environmental and digital issues.
Dinah Hatch JOURNALIST Dinah began specialising in travel writing nine years ago. Today she contributes to a variety of publications including The Observer, The Times and Travel Weekly.
Linda Fox JOURNALIST Linda has worked as a freelance travel writer for over three years and prior to that spent seven years covering the hotels and technology sectors on Travel Trade Gazette.
Colin Ellson JOURNALIST Colin is a highly experienced travel journalist, specialising in the aviation sector and the Middle East. Before venturing into the travel sector, Colin was an award-winning journalist on the TV Times.
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